King Kong Cometh! by Paul A. Woods

This compelling volume will include: The origins of Kong:The jungle movie travelogues of the 1920s and 30s. Detective fiction writer Edgar Wallace’s original story, plus an extract from his novelisation of King Kong. The making of King Kong (1933):Vintage reports from monster mags of the fifties, sixties and seventies, by the people who were actually there. The missing Kong: the censored scenes replaced in recent years and the lost scene that survives only in still form  as sailors chasing Kong and Fay Wray are eaten by giant spiders. The sons of Kong:Soft-centred spin-off Son of Kong (1933), rushed into theatres for Christmas, and Willis O’Brien’s last great ape movie, Mighty Joe Young (1947). Low-budget Kong rip-offs and Japanese monster movies. The King of the Kongs?:The evolution of Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s ambition to remake King Kong and early production reports from the forthcoming film. Plus stills, posters, comic book covers  and all things Kong.